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Saturday, September 15, 2012

This was my favorite design from Water Marble March, and I did in fact have it on my nails when I went to see the movie =) & if you somehow still have not heard about the Hunger Games ... well, what rock have you been under LOL?

I started this manicure with a base of Orly Crush on You with a coat of the glitter Icing Pumpkin on top. Since the colors I marbled with were mostly jellies, the glitter sparkled through a little & really brought the fire to life. Marbling is done with Crush on You as well as Orly Ma Cherie & Liquid Vinyl - somehow although I had this on for around a week it appears I didn't get any natural lamp pictures but I think the rest do it pretty good justice:

Favorite flame-like nails:

And of course here is the tutorial:

Did you see the movie & have you read the books? I try not to think too much about the next movie because it's so far off, but really I can't wait!

I think this is probably the darkest color she's ever worn on it's own. After a few days she covered up the tip wear by sponging with ... something. Probably China Glaze Dorothy Who? although I could be wrong LOL - but it was a blue glitter & it was pretty awesome:

Saturday, September 8, 2012

This water marble has, for some reason, become one of my most popular on YouTube. I swear I can not figure out what will be a breakout hit - some of my most favorite are only middling performers, others that I didn't think anything special draw in millions of views. The next-highest vid from Water Marble March (which is the Four Leaf Clover marble, if you're interested) only has a bit over 300k views while this one is at 1.2 million & going strong. Not that I'm complaining, mind, but my favorite from that month was hands down my my Girl on Fire marble (which is 2 manicures down the road, so you will see it soon!) & it hasn't even hit 200k. More proof, if any was necessary, that I guess my style does not always line up with everyone else's style =) & that's perfectly fine LOL.

I know some people find the stripe design just a bit tricky - it's really very similar to chevrons, but very tight & instead of drawing straight across you want to go just a bit backward & this should help to straighten out the lines if that makes sense.

Here's the tutorial:

Still 3 more manicures from Water Marble March ... and then we'll be moving on to Nail Art April, which started with another water marble LOL.

Monday, September 3, 2012

Usually for hauls I'll do a vid, and then I'll do some close-up pics with whatever info I forgot to mention in the vid - because no matter how thorough I think I'm being I always forget something. But most of these I never got around to bottle pics, or if I did I never go around to editing them, and at this point I don't think I'm going to ... so if you're interested to see any of these polishes before they get full manicure posts, the vids are it ... pick & choose as you will because there are kind of a lot LOL. I've also included the related swatch videos and/or polish in motion vids that I've finished, although there are others I still would like to do.

And to end on a bang, the crown jewel of all these hauls as well as my most recent (well, except for the ones I just bought & haven't recorded yet!), my prize for winning Orly's Flash Glam FX contest - the entire 22 glitters, plus the Fired Up collection - awesomeness, awesomeness & more awesomeness:

I've done polish in motion vids for Sunglasses at Night & Be Brave, as well as 2 swatch videos on these so far - and I would like to do another set of swatches, with no base and/or complimentary base colors. Not sure when that will happen but coming eventually =)